.M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 thriller Split was expected to star Joaquin Phoenix az in the lead role, but the star quit merely pair of weeks prior to recording resulted from start. James McAvoy, that took control of for Phoenix metro, discussed this unusual growth in a latest interview.Appearing on the Satisfied Sad Baffled podcast, McAvoy pointed out Phoenix az is an "amazing star," and he would have played the character differently coming from the Scottish star. Crack informs the tale of a guy (McAvoy) that has 23 various personalities, thus any individual could possibly understand just how prep work seems like it could be important to playing the task well. Yet McAvoy said coming in therefore late while doing so was something of a comfort because he couldn't over-prepare." I assume he 'd offer a really different performance to the one I performed. Yet I believe he will offer an astonishing efficiency. At times being available in eleventh hour is the greatest way," he stated. "I presume he left it like two weeks before they began firing. It was actually truly eleventh hour. I had two full weeks [to ready]" McAvoy went on to point out the Crack text was actually therefore properly put-together that he failed to have a hard time too much to know what he wanted to perform in the movie, although he came in therefore late. McAvoy claimed there were a couple characters/personalities that "took a little longer to locate," but other than that, he said he failed to have a hard time excessive to find his footing as well as create the film Shyamalan as well as Blumhouse wanted.Split wasn't the last time Phoenix left of a film right just before filming, as he just recently quit a Todd Haynes passion film just 5 times just before recording. A record said Phoenix is probably to pay out a low-seven-figure charge as a make-good, considering sets were already helped make as well as the movie was marketed to reps when he quickly left.McAvoy celebrities in the terror motion picture Communicate No Evil, which is in theaters right now. When it comes to Phoenix metro, his upcoming huge movie is Joker: Folie u00e0 Deux, which comes to movie theaters in October.In various other information concerning McAvoy, the star likewise covered exactly how he auditioned for and also could possibly have starred in the Harry Potter movie series, yet opted for to pass.